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Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.

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Mothers, Mental Illness and the Unthinkable 08.02.2020 30:31

Sometimes, it’s only after something really terrible has happened that you start to see the signs leading up to it. Years later, Rudy Coronado still refers to what happened as “that day.” He still thinks about what he said to his wife, and, what he didn’t say. He says he doesn’t blame her. But he can’t forgive her, either, for what she did. In this episode of The California Report Magazine, KQED's...

‘Dreaming the Golden State’ With The California Report Magazine (Part Two) 01.02.2020 30:34

The California Report Magazine listeners and reporters take the stage to share their stories about the 'California Dream' and whether it's still alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Dreaming the Golden State’ With the California Report Magazine (Part One) 25.01.2020 30:33

Excerpts from a live stage version of The California Report Magazine's night of storytelling, 'Dreaming the Golden State,' which explored California dreams found, and lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taking the Frida Kahlo Corporation to Court, and the Vietnamese Immigrant Who Helped Sriracha Go Mainstream 18.01.2020 30:35

An artist's legal battle brings up complex questions about who owns images of cultural heroes; a superfan’s obsession with 'Heat' leads to a Hollywood ending; and the Vietnamese immigrant who helped make Sriracha so popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting Inside the Political Mind of Jerry Brown 11.01.2020 30:34

How do you tell the story of Jerry Brown’s political career? You start by sitting down with the former California governor for over 40 hours of interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant’s Daughter 04.01.2020 31:14

Most children of immigrant parents know what it's like to walk between two worlds. In this week's episode, Sandhya Dirks takes us back with her to her mother's India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transgender Opera Singers Take Enormous Risks to Live Authentically 28.12.2019 30:38

Elliot Franks, Lucia Lucas and Breanna Sinclairé are transgender opera singers navigating an industry that has been slow to evolve with the times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbed Wire at the Border Brings Back Memories of Internment – and the Unexpected Impact of Legalized Marijuana 21.12.2019 31:30

Memories of Internment; Childcare Saves a Family; The Fight Over Police Use of Deadly Force; Legal Cannabis' Impact on Farming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living In and Out of the Box 14.12.2019 30:38

A Fantasy World Made of Cardboard Boxes; Bringing up Baby in a Tiny House; What Box Do you Check?; Transgender Prisoners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hidden History of Slavery in California 07.12.2019 30:38

An Afro-Diasporic Remix of The Nutcracker; The Ghost of Mary Ellen Pleasant; A Slave Auction in Los Angeles?; Indigenous Red Market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How One Woman’s Search for Her Homeless Mother Became a Mission to Help Others 30.11.2019 31:15

Robin Burton started out trying to find her mom. But the search morphed into something else: a mission to help other people who are homeless and missing too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond 23.11.2019 30:38

Forty-one years ago this week, more than 900 people died in a mass suicide in Jonestown, a remote settlement in South America. This documentary follows a Bay Area man who unravels the tangled family history that binds him to that tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is the California Dream, and Is it Still Alive? 16.11.2019 29:58

Prison-to-College Pipeline, Prop 13’s Impact on the CA Dream, Letter to My CA Dreamer, a Dream Shaped By Water Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living Through Wildfire and Facing a New Normal 09.11.2019 30:37

A Mind Scarred by Wildfire, Survivors Struggle to Find Housing, Radio Station Relays Fire Info in Indigenous Languages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Thin Place 01.11.2019 30:41

A paramedic and ER nurse from Northern California may himself be a conduit between the living and the dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A ‘Nest’ for Migrant Kids at the Border – and an Unusual High School Reunion 26.10.2019 30:39

Tijuana’s First Early Childhood Education Center…Affiliated With a Migrant Shelter, Fictional Podcast ‘Moonface’ Explores Being Korean and Queer, Alums of Iranian Jewish School Reunite 40 Years Later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Ed for California’s Black Students Was Supposed to Be Fixed by This Landmark Case. It Wasn’t 19.10.2019 30:41

A landmark ruling in 1977 changed special education for black students in California. But many educators, black parents and advocates say plenty remains broken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These Five People Challenge the Notion of Blindness as a Deficit 12.10.2019 30:39

The world of mollusk, a master in tinkering, guitarist Ioana Gandrabur, an architect who listens to buildings and designing how products sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy 04.10.2019 30:36

It has been almost 30 years since Aerial Gilbert lost her sight. In that time she’s relearned just about everything she used to do before going blind — and she did it through the power of sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Heat Threatens California’s Most Vulnerable 28.09.2019 30:38

Climate change is making it hotter everywhere in California. And heat can be a sneaky threat to our health and safety. It’s getting more dangerous, and deadly - even in parts of California you wouldn’t expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spicing Up Seniors’ Sex Lives – and Getting a Second Chance at the California Dream 21.09.2019 30:36

Author and Dance Teacher’s Mission to Redefine Aging, Rocky Road Ice Cream’s Bumpy History, Singer Mike Marshall’s Second Chance, Letter to My California Dreamer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three Transgender Opera Singers on the Risks They Took to Live Authentically 14.09.2019 30:35

Elliot Franks, Lucia Lucas and Breanna Sinclairé have taken enormous risks to live their most authentic lives. And they’ve navigated an industry that has been slow to evolve with the times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vallejo in the Spotlight After Fatal Police Shootings 06.09.2019 30:36

Police shootings of Black and Latino men have sparked protests across California and the nation. The East Bay city of Vallejo is also grappling with officer-involved shootings. Community members there are asking for accountability, and demanding answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ode to the Tumbleweeds and Driveway Barbeques of Riverside 30.08.2019 30:38

Young Central Valley Mariachi Heads to Harvard; Finding Love After Alzheimer’s; Susan Straight’s “In the Country of Women”; Letter to My Dreamer: Lake County Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Students Struggle With Anxiety, a California School Tries to Help 23.08.2019 30:37

Some schools are teaching kids how to deal with the physical and mental impacts of anxiety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices